VOLUME. 5.

CAPE ISLAND. NEW JEttSET. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29, 1S59.

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NI MBER 29

LIF^E.

sr smrAU> a. suj«.

ia tnadt for man tn labor. Them’* a work of lor* for all; Ktery mortal balk a nei^bbor, Aod a hand lo aav* bii fal], ^Va art aiofal, w* an •rriojr.

Oft wa grop* tboagb in tb* day,

Y*t a Hand ia at apbearing. ' Tboogh aw faint upon the way.

Tfcare’a a ligfat that eier ahiheth

O'er to* wandwrer’* mazy path. And ila glonr ne’er decliurth.

Tbrongh tbf heavy cloud* of wrath. And thonirh faint and weary-oeartad.

Bjr a nevrr-failing Haiui.’ Wa are {raided and anpported Unto the dialanl. juyoc* land.

Ehoald not we in earneat kinilnew.

Ijead onr erring brother on?

Torn him from hi* ainfnl tdindneM. Point him u> the radiant Throne f

LOVE L^ST.

Friend, whore rmile haa come to be

. Yenr preci ua onto me—

'I bonph l know I dnak not firm— Of yonr love'* bright fountain buret,

Yet 1 jnere not for the pa*t. So yon only lov* me last. Other eoula may find their joy In the blind luve • f a boy—

<»iv# me that which yean have tried,

Diaciplined and pelnbed.—

Bach a* braving storm and blast,

Yof will kring to me at last!

There are brow* more fair thaffmrne— Kyes of more bewitching phice—

Other heaHa more fit, in truth.

For the paa»ion of your youth— But their transient empire past,

Yoa will surely love me last.

Wing away your mtmaor time—

Find a lore in every clime— . Roam ia liberty and light— •hall never atay your flight;

' - all l* past.

_ j learn there, go we coticlnded to aend for the parlor, rid no* she wants the j her to Mrs. Dake’s Seminary aboot fifty front windows Ctt down lo the floor, miles off- She did get along amazing- Yesterday sbe came to me to know if lr. In two years she bad learned a pile, she might 44 toeh district school"— and besides had. painted beautiful pic- ‘‘N©," said I, ‘Why do you mean to tnret enough to cover our parlor w^U teach ? I am abk to keep six girls like (though I must confess I suspect her you, K I had then Jfo I ean*t think teacher gave her a lift at that now and of yonr leaching.* Upon this she began then.) Sbe could sing equal to our to cry again, andl can't stand woman's parson’s wife, nnd cad set the tunes in t«ari, so I said “each'!" and sheds gomeeting when the Squire’s away. 1 She •"B lo teach all wjuter and summer, in a knew the French for everything around little hit of a schrol lionse, not as good

the hooee, and under,tood hilanj. »* mr pig-bouK (or fenr .he will Ret! P "‘ •“ I'™ 01 " * k “ («■ >’ chemistry, natural philoiophr, and tanned and freckbd and spoil her hands , Q ytmnw not, qnibblo not. he not 1 ^ ’ , , . . , - ; 4ua»3 of sskiug quotions, or addiclod i

more thhigs than I conld mention. ; helping her moibir. | „

for toe much joking often desuoys the jori* ality of the soeisl circle. —Kiudnrss kindle* the tire of friendship. A kiss always avails mere than a

tick.

L—Uove the ladies, “look before you leap.” eschew loaferism. M—Make nomUchief by maddliag with other folks' tuallere. N—Never bs caught napping except in the night-time. O—Order is heaven's first law—obey it. T-Jt’urene the plain path of probity.

j queue*.

While she was at Mrs. Drake’s she Now, Mr. Edtor, I have given np ! i:__R ao>ri

For 1 Snow when You wll come :o n

i at last.

Chanra and flatter as ymt will, 1 shall smile securely ftill: PalionUy I trust and wait. Though von tarry long ood late; Prize yoar sprinf till it ba p*»t. Only, only love me l*-ll

From th* Wewarti Odinther. FAEMEES’ GIRLS

Me. Editor : I am a farmer and so was my fnrther before me. I have not followed in bis fooUteps in the way of managing the farm, because I have takea Agttcallural pspers, and -have jparsed much that was not his to know * and what's more, the railroad has eomr within three mllea of me, so tnat the old farm upon which my farther toiled ao many yean is worth live times what tvwaa in his day. 1 am not one of the kind of men who croak and grumble .bout#tf &A«r l enjoy.modem lime*, and would not give up my machine*, and go back to the old ways of doing things by hand, for any money. 1 ©ficu wonder if «y farther can look down

mint respectability; renounce,

only came home at fall and spring vacn- Nancy, but I ban three fine girls grow- j renew and renovate. lions, and then waswo bnsy sewing and -i®B »P* I •» all* and aillinc lo give ,' E—^-etk-salvation. O re sinners! beccme . getting ready lo go back again that her them all a good c-iucatior., for I believe I saints and you am safe,

mother did dot think it worth while to in li, in spite of B»e drcadfnl blander 1 j T*

set Iw to work. Well, last spring sbe l'» T c made. I pould like to know if ; tcr f moment to account, came home for good, and a invful dav it i y° u can tell me of any place where » ^ toion unites with unit

, i i . , ; wliole notveree thcre.is unison; beyotbire-

was to me I felt happy to think I had J*rmtr s daughter get a good edu- ^ DDjtpd for |btf of

a daughter who had a good education in cation and 'hot lose her senses. J can’t j V _Vanity has no connection withTalor;

her hend, and spry healthy hands tb it to have pur other girls get too j re m e mber that.

work. Rut, Mr. fiditor, she is a *poi/. big for our <ild fmliioncd furicritbuse. Ij iv—Womou and wine Lrinu want, woe edgirl, for aught I ran see, but her * *ht t'leru scusitlc, well informed wo- and wm ebedne** when wickedly indulgad

mother thinks she will come to, after u 1,1 ct| . but I set tfown my foot ngaiusl while. having them all turn tchool teachers. She can’t bear to see me in tny shirt : John SittTit. sleeves, no matter how clean sud^white, gASTMQProF LXAHIKG WELLS.

but insists upon my wearing* linen dus- The Journal cf Agriculture suggests many. T^ke a vtraicht course through life

Calve * Boil four lc*i tn four^al^ns of^water till it comes to’half a gallon ; strain it, let.il'sUnd UU cold and •him off all the f.t clean. Take the jellej, ' up. leaving the fettling* at the bottcu Put your jelley inton clean aoueefuit/ skillet, ond to- every quart of jellev i one pint of wine, J.nlf pound of loaf »ugv beaten the juice of a large lemon ; b*a? N - up the white* of three egg* to a ubthi f put all in together—stir well till it loils, let it boil a few minutes, have ready a doubie flannel bag. pour it ia again till it rnua clear; have a chiua^bo*! with lemon p^i cut at thin as possible, let ith* jeller; drip on the jn-cl and it vriH give it t a^flavor. and a fine amber color; -with A clean eilver spooa fill your glasscsv - - _

GOODPMSYHU- —

A little boy come to h:> mother, one rainy afternoon, os he returned fn’m school, aud said tv her, ‘‘Mother, may I go just down the street with a little girl that goes

to our school r*

ter; for she has learned th*t m , ‘ii is di.«- the following veiy simple means of cx : j and zeulomJy pnreue it gtAiing to eat with** man -in his sbirt atnining the bottom of a well or cistern, A-^k aund your own business A let oth

sleeves.” She is right-down ashamed by the o«e of a common looking-glass, i er * * ,ooe > Xc - ^)f her moiher’sj hands, be«*u.ae--tberi Snch an examination ntsr someiHi»ee-re-sbow that she has bee;n> hard-working veaf offensive regeta’uic or nnima) subwoman % all htr life.—jQur home-made . stances, which if not discovered and reairiped carpets that have always been moved, might prove deleterious to my pride, are ‘'tiut fit to be seen.^' She ' health ss well as to comfort in the nsc of

on’t let Rob and'Dick mo 'uboulbare- the water:

Ootcd, lor rile MT, U»j‘ look like beg- "Whuu i« i. rthfcg brigkl,. |

gars, fib* has written their jiatnes in j hold a mirror- so that the reflected rby* ; «WelV, .Wu," oaid nt» mother, -go. if vow

their spelling books fivblur end JJutie, ; of light will fall into the water. A | most." Mrt*vriih scf- 1 so light a* to show the smallest object j favu..'-*« retorn, she asked if the girl *a»»'

vents—that^tl.-aijjrhired man and wo- very plainly. Ry 'JRs means we have : H*sal3. “O. no: sho treats me very man who have livISf with os six yewrs, | ekamiued the bottom of well* fifty f.el j ,h>n * ny ot,,M ^bular in and were born an draisedNu the next deep, wlten half full of water. The < l '' „ ., . . farm. It makes her sick to rdWi pork smallest straw or other small object enn „ |nu , l ^ ^ t0 lb . m thkl 6etpix ^ and cabbage. She haa not forgotten ; be perfectly seen from the surface — q W Dl . Md 8 },e had a rhair p> Uke home, how to milk ; but if anybody rides by In the same way one can exam- *„d 1 did not know of any other way to da when she is milking, she gels behind the j inc the bottom of ponds nnd rivers, ' her* kindur**, ao 1 thought 1 would earry cow and hides her head, as if she was j If the water be somewhat clear, and it for her, and that would be doing good stealing the milk. I have stood these not agitated by winds or rapid motion, j for evil.” ^ things withont saying much ontil last | If a well or cistern be under cover and LOME'S LAST REQUEST.

“Farewell! farewell I" 1 fried. “ When I return, ibonffl be my bride ; till then he faithful; sweet, adieu—in silence oft I’ll think of yojt.” - _ 'tiv glistening tear sUined~her bright eyes—her thickening breath i* choked with away.—"Farweii J’’—I tore myself aaay. “One moment slay,’' she stammered out.

Not-long ago. a bridegroom returning ^ ‘Tone from his we<Id»rg,>a. ia*t by t Vfricml

•Take lim. b, 11,. bnlodt. tn n j u ‘“ OJnn^ Via

\rr> tnomui l..noont. I '-' V ' 11 ’ J “ k - i " EitJ »«>■>*»* '« Hr L-muu uiuic. Kilb unitv; lo the , ru‘‘lu,n : tbon’M inn tli. ..Oof tb,

tmubte new.”.. * t “Thank thee, lad,” was Jack's answer, “I

think 1 hare.”

About oananth afterawn's the two friends again met, when Jack, speaking rather -warudr exclaimed: i. '•^itll, ihoq.tvlR-d me a Its that morning l

X—'Xtra exertions accomplish 'xlrwordi- j ,rc<1! ‘bon say I'd s«< n the end

nary ends ' | of my trouble r*

Y—Yield yhurseif while young to study. ] did,” raid Rill; “but 1 didn't tell thee

Z—Ziczagging is n characterinie of j which end ■ _

Reneral Thomas Thumb, who, although barely knee high to a grasshopper, made a Urge fortune for P. T. Itsrnum. and a snug one for himself, is reported lo b« about to

wtrite himself in wedlock-odrli a^ledy of.,

youth and brauty. The jtulhariliet diffbr about her height, and it is variously Ala led as three feet six. wnd vis feet three.

Sunday when she insisted upon our hired shaded by buildings so that the sunlight people sitting op in the gullery. because j will not fall near the opening, it is only we needed all our pew room. , necessary to employ two mirrors, using

1 knew she expected two boarding school j wnd another to send it down perpendicmisses to Sake a tTtSt. arultcstphnnmvgj into the water. Light m^y be to gel onr men folks ost of sight 1 thrown fifty or n hundred \ards to the bolted out at this, and had a regular precise spot desired, and then reflected

blow-op, and told Nancy she Was get I downward. We have ared the.mirror* j and quick a* thought 1 wheeled at>out. ting too big-feeling entmiy for a.Ur-. w ' t * 1 success to reflect the light around “My angel, s|eak! can eught.be deucto mer’sdaughter. She Staid home from »field ,0 » shaded spot, and.nteo to car. j cunTuri thee when 1 am gone? Hi

la one of the rural distracts a small grocery store bean a sign with fctbe following inscription. Hot cofey tea gingeraod sprsce bear p:*a Oouets bilr>) i->gs pig* Ictus ami rer aii*» snld hear. liriikt’ti gU* add Ci.iua lAkiu in pair! paye. ' No ardent ticker kept hear.

A lady who began to weary of the criticisms of a party ol gentlemen on crinoline exclaimed : “So long as bopped skirt* keep foolish persons at a distance, just so long «il( they be .tolerated." On a person atking another if he believ ed to the appearance of spirit*, be replied, “No; but I believe in their disappearance, for 1 have missed a bottle of gin since last night.” an auction, wo perceived one entitled “mahogany child’s chair.” The father of this

Wood family.

mcr a uaugutcr. owe »uhu humic — — ‘church and criefl 1tTl~Thiy.—^1 bate cry i ryitiriLm. R hOftthjrindow through two U^^p-cimeDS of art trom ere^ l.uro- - ... - -—:——-.... — „ —I. r.,p 11... -i. a - i.iT,.

log women taorc than a.long ;drw«g1u. | rov>tn», und then into u so I shan’t dare scold her again. I tiorlh fids of the house, don’t wan*! to bo’hard ou tie girl, but do * cn reflections of the light may be

. r . what am I to do? lam wiling to Jet! though endt mirror diminishes (rem Uv.i'.n *iid •<* He mu.vr. »,'il I ^ Ib[ cU ^ m •„ Ihr hrilll.nev of ll.v li R hu Lel.nvonu

reapers fly over the old places where he UMfedaad 1 cannot help chuckHug to myself, as I sit in my sulkey nnd rideoter the old fMoilior place*; catring down the grass, sad Taking it np again like half a dozen men ; to think saj boys can go to school all the year rouad, and never need suffer from the

cistern under *T' :an «44i-*keih ferlhrr rsrti .dll-M'*.

Ua!f I ►rvO’-''t° l el thee sue where I havr L-reo. A stone Irom bimplan's dr*-.»ilfel height shall gratify thy earioos sight ; I’ll climb the fiery Kiuj * side, to bnns home trea. veres for my bride, and oh, my love, each

B{^11 all our nomes wrong, aid I’d just t 1101 feottHw R>'* method try it, and ship shall bear » double letter to my fAir.* as lief the boys near shoe* ; but -Whcti ^ wi,, find iX " ot on, J Lul * P Ieu ' ‘' Ab ’ G * or K e »*'* wveptug apgel *atd

it comes lo overturning ev«?rj thing, ami * ant ex l’ <!r ‘ lpt * t .‘ V being ashamed of her falhtr. ffiolher, ALPHABETICAL ADVICES,

and heme, 1 am discouraged. J hav c | A New York paper gives the following

bought her a piano, nnd lei brr icafn ; sdvice to its readers :

music Ijo yesrs, for she is nWurally mn-! A—Always attend to ocenpalion, and

steal. She cam# near faiit ng one

1 avoid aie-koutes and artful womeu.

• antof learning U 1 do eren.toJiiis g , 15—Be Unevofent hm not prodigal.

d«T.

My wife is ap to the times, too, |&ea to give Ur family a good chance ia Ua world.—She is a good manager, rifling early, aad rising to some purpose.

Iowa ^ j J* 1 ’ 1 j wasn’t tipping my chair oack. * '•tub j F—Fight fairly when you do fight, but H5.V»>»«WW» « V p.r irkk.-NWj cli, il.) lie dmi p 1 " bvn’-r ^ r**»-

young fellows. Tb ) * 4 / .* • not for foci*. 7 .v jday my srifa told me whtt waato pay.: *

two aldeat barn ess no the old mare ana i • J 4 - G—t<race, goodne**, gumption, aud a 1stgo to to it- -A I 11 ““H MJ I lite et old ftotuovd ..j ; I

college, and a whiskered clisp from the j f u

city, were here, because i *h.<i: "Come . c_Contrirsto collect cosh and keep it. N nee, give us a tune ,©n the p'nuy.”— ! R_l)o your duty and defy the devil

atwu to sawe or j I •awsomrthing was wrong, bitionldn’t 1 E—Early endeavor to eradicate every er-

w - a.il cue** what, for I had on my doier, and ; ror both of head and heart. DToapcrty to her help “ . , „ , r r Mv bova are erowme uo ' tipping my ebatr tmek. * ”»ul- • T Fight fairly whan you

“I wish,” said a beautifal wife to a sindiorts hiisinmd. “1 «»ii.h 1 was a book.” “I wi‘kyou were an .ibaanac,” replied her laid, “and thiyi 1 would get a new one every year." Just ibeu the silk rustled.

■When Hr. Lucas, s very unpopular mnn ventured on a speech in the Irish Pariismeat, and faile.l aHogetber, Grattan osh!, “He rn-e without a friend, iitid sat down

without an enemy."

Said Tom: “since J fiave boon abroad. I have eaten so much veal that I am ashamed

and on tny shoulder fell bit brad, “for i _ •uocy, my tears are hostage—but *bea you j to look a calf in the face!” ‘T s'poee then," write, please pay the postage !” I said a wac. who was protect, “you sbava A good ham ored t net id bands us the foi-1 w * lboil1 * ^ lowtag : I Thu young lady who enw n ba‘vy withont A verdast yrafh Stepped into a ProbaU j b has acknowlrd that her friend s •Bee. and with u pompous air addressed ' bonnet is handsomer than her own. • r **!**'" - - , _■ 1~ . : Jenkins says his brother, who edits a pa»,T1, .lr, r..ppo« I»» »«n. „;rv^rr. ^Tui; csiihi-. h. ia.

bad two new i.hats within the post three years. Jaukinxls tccHned to pul on airs.

of Reprobates/

“No.” eaM the Judge. ‘“Probate" "All the tame eir.” CJOttuncd the gveea one; “I seppo'- j oo have heard of the death #f my father ' ’ “No," said the Judge. “Well," eaki the chap, be is dead, and

*Hf a dog’s tail is cut iff entirely, will it Bra interfere with Li« loeometion !" “Not exactly ; it will not affect his carriage, but

it mill stop kis wagging."

am ineowen. aau . n.v# eow .o iev- , ^ B dlHip8Md goaUeot**. - Aro It>0 t«r*-bfcoad*onaUoutod,« l oukooU«e«.l turo f . r Jb#l lht . v ^ „„ , WnJuDftl IB ! enough already flushed his friend.

! das left nine vnooff ocorpisne, of whom I , , , ..

go U> 10 ^a Aeadwmy tliroe arila* off* \ 1 “ Ult 1 . iifce ra - T ° w rwJ ‘’ 0 ^ j tie goose grease ecabied a man to slip | **» the oldest, aad 1 have eome to get let- j rc '“* ** “

• liule while duriag hay I F roa ® ,l ** tD * lban m * 1 through thi* world Blighty easy; Get them

loot lose a dar all! f^* 00 ** ^ •PoHritgifAd only „d glory in | hem. A .t. - - ! this morning after breakfast* wren her Q—Harbor hope in yonr heart it von

A- i ^ l !* c ti0 ^• ’ would be happy ; but hark ve, boj>e cancel v ,* u I and twiat har-els of a c-.**; “ n - JwkatdoeafhcdoLiaUxaUo.y irowgh;^,,^; 1 ^. ri ^ ban ‘ • mak. the femoos steel and twist barrels of ^ ^ ^ «, rnn | *• IMF tau tod <wm t ImA dor, lor | to-' •"**** m - ! m*H «• <*««'« ** Itx («.r tome o». .O.U »<» ter shir il io , ds , (> „ ' W#J p riv l ie i ° r ..v h '‘ fotr teen, and Ut* •*«? pkee where she bad for ten! J^al*;* iaj bo called the juiec of joy . French calico ? Because tuey are '•«*: -lukcc;. de water f. cm tjrecin’ In d*’ i was' to j years. I’ve gut • near’boughte^carpct 'and the roa« ©? jevt; but 1st them aiuiie. ^ ranted to wavii aud reiaiti thetr color.” n.dk/^

t)ld bone shoe Mads are employed to |

A Crazy wac met a milkman the other